By Charles Akinbode
The Osun State Government has allayed the fear that some civil servants will be sacked with its proposed staff audit.
In a statement by his media aide, Olawale Rasheed, said the request of the labour leaders to be part of the audit process was being looked into by the government.
According to the statement: “The administration wishes to put it on record that there is no hidden agenda to sack workers through the ongoing staff audit. The deep relationship between Governor Ademola Adeleke and the labour movement is unprecedented in the history of labour and Government in Osun State.
“As a government with labour welfare as the first item on its governance agenda, the unions are reassured that their interest and that of their members are well protected. The request of the labour leadership to be part of the audit process is being looked into by the state government.
“Governor Ademola Adeleke as a due process leader who has forged a close partnership with the labour movement is also the best defender of labour aspirations in the state today. All stakeholders should therefore be rest assured that no anti-labour policy can surface under the watch of the current labour-friendly administration.”
Meanwhile, the labour leaders in the state have reportedly kicked against the staff audit.
Insisting that past staff audits conducted by previous administrations have subjected workers and pensioners to untold hardship, they accused the state government of not carrying them along.
They lamented that there was no prior meeting between the labour leaders and the state government over the staff audits.
They, therefore, asked the government to properly briefed the labour unions before circulating forms among workers for the exercise.